In honor of Veteran’s Day and similar observances worldwide in remembrance of patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice for liberty, November is dedicated as C5IS Military Month. During November 2014, C5IS will highlight the chief battlefield communications and intelligence challenges facing war fighters, and review government-made and commercial electronic surveillance … [Read more...]
The U.S. Intelligence Community: It’s a Military Thing
The U.S. Intelligence Community is: (A) a vital collaborative hub for diverse intelligence agencies; or (B) an array of intel bureaucracies with occasionally overlapping responsibilities. Pick your answer. Established in 1947, the U.S. Intelligence Community is one of the few government functions more likely to be mistaken for a concept than an entity. Say “intelligence … [Read more...]
Time for Governments to Hunker Down Against Terrorists?
Terrorists make their way unnoticed into the gallery, pull out their weapons and rain semi-automatic fire on lawmakers below. Today’s attack on Canada’s Parliament? Actually the scene dates to 1954, when Puerto Rican nationalists strolled past security, such as it was in the U.S. Capitol then, and shot five Congressmen before being tackled and hauled off to jail. Despite … [Read more...]
MFI-Soft: Chameleon of Russian Lawful Interception
Of the various Russian lawful interception vendors, few are as mysterious as MFI-Soft. Like a phantom or a “Leshy,” the creature of Slavic mythology that can change shape at will, MFI-Soft has time and again shown the ability to vanish then reappear in a new form. In its present shape, the company is among the more prominent players -- some would argue the leader -- in Russia’s … [Read more...]
Mounting Losses: What’s Wrong with Leidos?
In late August, swept up in the year’s biggest craze for charitable fund-raising, Leidos CEO Roger Krone did a televised “ice bucket challenge” to support research for a cure to ALS. But the real dousing came this week when investors took a bath over the company’s reported operating loss of nearly half a billion dollars U.S. for the second quarter. Gone for good: $US 482 … [Read more...]